Plus size women of this category has the extra fat mostly concentrated in the upper part of their body: chubby shoulders, very large breast and baby bump look like belly (it means it starts from the upper abdomen and ends at the inguinal level), subtle waistline, almost flat butt with a narrow pelvis and slim legs.
What we need to do here is to enlarge and enfatize the lower part of your body, trying to create a full and round butt, creating a waistline and to shrink the upper part reducing shoulders and chest.

Your tops then should preferably be monochromatic, without decorations or anything that gives volume to your shoulders, no pom-poms/rouches/trims/bows or any kind of decoration at your bust level because this would enlarged it even more while we’re trying to make it narrower. The best choice then are basic and minimal tops, without particular patterns and off the shoulders. Be sure the bottom hem is flared or a peplum one. If you fancy crop-tops match them with an high waist and flared bottom piece.
Never forget two “rules”:
1- your top or shirt should be darker then your skirt or trousers
2- if your top is a loose one, wear a flared bottom piece too.

You have very nice leg, show them off!
If you love long skirts, prefer flared ones.
You can pick very decorated and coloured skirts or trousers, while doing the opposite for your tops that should be following the adage “less is more”.
Flared trousers and jeans, bootcut (they will also provide a super hot bum), straight and look for Daisy Dukes short pants.

Overalls and dresses, as you can already imagine at this point, should be simple on the top part and flared on the bottom, nothing voluminous on the shoulder level but rather at the bottom. If you’re wearing a tight top, wear something loose for the bottom. Peplum models can help to hide your belly letting you feel more comfortable. Remeber that the waist line should be a regular one, absolutely avoid high waist dresses.

Jackets and coats lenght should be preferably up to your waist or the knees, above them is fine but not over your knees. They should also be waisted (not too much) and “puffed” from the waist down. Even asymmetrical coats are great. At last, avoid double breasted coats as they tend to enlarge your bust.

Last point on the list it’s swimwear: prefer high waist briefs, like control briefs, because they donate natural volume and roundness; for the bra instead remember less is more. Rouches and trims are a go if they create a narrower waistline.

The hourglass body shape figure has neat shoulders which line is as wide as the hips line, bust goes from medium to aboundant, has a round bottom and a well defined waist. The main goal with this kind of body is to balance the upper part with the lower one, unless you are interested in highlighting only one of them, like your bust or our bottom.

What is more suitable to wear for those with this type of figure? Tight, criss-cross dresses, statement belts to emphasize the waist line, sweetheart, rounded V, boat, one shoulder, crossed, straight, deep cut or turtle necklines. The ideal trousers are the cigarette ones but also a palazzo trousers, carrot ones with pinces or the most eccentric possible trousers full of rouches along the legs will look like a masterpiece on you, while instead if I try this last one, I’d look like the piñata horse.

What about the waist line? High waist is the most recommended to enhance the waistline, but be careful, if it’s too high (like as the emperor waist line) you risk to erase your waist and look like you have legs that start right below your boobs.
Pencil skirts, A-line skirts, round, pleated, loose, mermaid, long / medium / short, the length’s limit is your sense of modesty.

Most recommended shoes are décolleté with stiletto heels, but you can also try large heels sandals, as well as rounded point ballerinas (pointed if you want to slender your figure) and wedges are also approved. The main “trouble” here is the incapability to manage these curves, that’s why sometimes you can make a mess by covering them too much or doing the opposite by exposing them too much.

These kind of women are also very fierce so the chance to see them in flashy outfits is high…after all you need a strong charisma for such a body.
The hourglass celebrities are: the most famous one Marilyn Monroe, the Italian counterpart Sofia Loren, Beyoncé, Salma Hayek, Christina Hendricks (she moves from a normal hourglass to a full hourglass, so you can take her as an example for the plus size), Katherine Heigl, Sofia Vergara, Dita Von Teese.

The general characteristics (more or less accentuated according to ones height/weight…let’s not forget that even in geometry there are 3 kinds of triangles) of the triangle women are: neat shoulders, little/medium breasts , well-defined waist, round butt, full thighs and inner thighs; proportionally the upper body area is narrower than the lower one.

From this body type to the last one I will demonstrate you that being a “plus size” woman is not confined to only one body shape and I will also upload pictures with celebrities of every weight.
Women with this body are different from others because they are usually proud of their natural curves therefor they tend to enhance them instead of minimize, they know what plainness is and ignore it on purpose because we have a motto (yes this is my body shape as well) – from the words of our triangle body queen Jennifer Lopez – “Let’s get loud”.

We can have fun choosing upper body garments here! Go for boat neckline, V neckline tops, all the tops with rouches, volants, bows, decorations and every statement stuff you can imagine. Same advice for sleeves: pick puffed, bell, leg of mutton, circular flounce, trumpet, cuff, bishop, choir, dolman and so on sleeves, the bigger the better. What about trousers and jeans instead? Prefer regular or high waist kind, mostly because triangle women usually suffer lordosis that enhance our buttom making it even sexier but it also push our belly out and at the same time creates the “hole” in the lower back and high waist jeans avoid this nuisance. Besides, triangle mums have an hard time to lose the after pregnancy weight in the inner thights area and if there’s also some extra belly fat too, high waist jeans are our most preciuos ally because they press where it’s needed to look flat and define our waistline. The greatest kind of dresses for a triangle body instead are the 70es kind ones, trapeze and emperor dresses. Trousers should be plain in the front (no pinces or anything that blows the line) an preferably palazzo trousers (even better the cropped kind, that in Italy we call “culotte”) or flare or regular leg jeans. If you have that big butt pride you should just wear skinny jeans then but be careful and pick the plain kind, not the washed out on the tight area kind. Prefer flat pointed top shoes, or kitty heels, stilettos and décolleté shoes; instead avoid T-strape and ankle strap shoes, they will make your legs shorter and fatter. Long cardigans without buttons and long vests are great, prefer shoulder bags, big scarfes, statement necklaces, blouse and loose t-shirt and put them inside your jeans (or skirt) and then pull it off a bit, aka french tuck (take a closer look at the celebrities pictures and you will understand what I mean). This is actually a good trick to hide your belly in case is more than wanted. What to avoid if you’re not Shakira, please: no to large belts, a big NO to low waist skinny jeans and a no to every kind of too tight skirts. Trapeze and firm fabrics skirts (not the pleated ones!) are the better choice. But of course if you want the “badonkadonk” effect then wear a pencil skirt and all the heads will follow your bum…anytime I need a self-esteem boost I wear a pencil skirt!

Summing up all these directions, choose deep necklines, bandage dresses, very decorated or with important transparencies tops, high waist dress (absolutely avoid low waist dresses please), avoid dresses with top decorations coming down all the way over the waist line (you would get the opposite effect by highlighting an already important part of your body); if you are more for jumpsuits then give a try to palazzo legs ones, and to decorated bustiers (rhinestone, gems and pearls). Now go and be fabolous!